Answer to "Breathing organs" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GILLS , but the solution may also be LUNGS which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in LA Times).

Breathing organs crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
GILLS	50 %	5
LUNGS	50 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Breathing organs

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• lunged
• pulmonate
• stoma
• gill
• opisthobranchia
• opisthobranchiata
• tracheate
• tracheobranchia
• anoxia
• life
• lung
• pipe

Crossword Answer definitions

GILLS noun

1. (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
2. (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover
3. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne
4. (animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle
5. The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
6. (spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments

GILLS verb

1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it
2. To catch (a fish) in a gillnet
3. To be or become entangled in a gillnet

GILLS noun

1. A drink measure for spirits and wine (size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint)
2. A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint

GILLS noun

1. Rivulet
2. Ravine

GILLS noun

1. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

GILLS noun

1. A leech

GILLS noun

1. A female ferret
2. A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton
3. A prostitute

GILLS verb

1. To act as a prostitute.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result GILLS

• Green around the ___
• Fish features
• Flounder features
• It doesn't feel good to be green around them
• Lung counterparts
• They extract oxygen from water
• Fish organs
• Pint fractions
• Lung relatives
• Fish's lunglike organs

More clues leading to the result LUNGS

• Bronchi termini
• Gills : fish :: ___ : humans
• Organs in chests
• Breathers
• Body breathers
• Breathing organs
• Airbags?
• Airway termini
• Organs usually found in pairs
• Sources of inspiration